Morning, all!
Cody Bradford is ready to start throwing more breaking balls in his rehab from an elbow injury.
Sports Info Solutions says Adolis Garcia led all right fielders in defensive runs saved in May, and Bruce Bochy notes (maybe dubiously) that you can contribute to the team even if you aren’t hitting.
Evan Carter’s return likely means Garcia will be watching a lot of games from the dugout, though the team plans to give Carter plenty of rest.
Everyone’s hoping that whatever the rest of the offense has isn’t contagious and that Carter will look like he did in 2023.
Tyler Mahle and Jacob deGrom have both followed Jack Leiter’s lead and switched to no back gloves in an effort to avoid tipping their pitches.
Texas only managed four singles last night in their latest road loss, perhaps prompting questions about who needs to be thrown into a volcano as a form of ritual sacrifice.
Texas gave up three runs in what Bochy described as an “ugly inming,” but you will lose a lot of the games in which you only score one run, ugly inning or no.